
The Marks family is a tightly-knit quartet of women. Jane is the affluent matriarch whose 3 daughters seem to have nothing in common except for a peculiar sort of idealism. Setting the tone of vanity and insecurity, Jane is undergoing cosmetic surgery to alter her figure, but serious complications put her health in real danger. Former homecoming queen Michelle, the eldest daughter, has one daughter of her own and an alienated, unsupportive husband. Elizabeth, the middle siste... (Full plot summary below)
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The Marks family is a tightly-knit quartet of women. Jane is the affluent matriarch whose 3 daughters seem to have nothing in common except for a peculiar sort of idealism. Setting the tone of vanity and insecurity, Jane is undergoing cosmetic surgery to alter her figure, but serious complications put her health in real danger. Former homecoming queen Michelle, the eldest daughter, has one daughter of her own and an alienated, unsupportive husband. Elizabeth, the middle sister, has an acting career that is beginning to take off, but is timid and insecure, and habitually relieves her trepidation by taking in stray dogs. Only the youngest sister, Annie, an adopted African American 8-year-old, stands a chance of avoiding the family legacy of anxious self-absorption. If only her intelligence and curiosity will see her through what promises to be a confusing adolescence. Each of the women seeks redemption in her own haphazard way.
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| Blunt ReviewEmily BluntWow! What a phenomenal film. The cast delivers a subtle, yet mesmerizing, look at the complexities of everyday living and today's family units. |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris HewittA film that is painfully, amusingly honest. |
| Zertinet MoviesSteven Snyder"Lovely and Amazing is a story about real people. These people are insecure about their lives. They aren't convinced that there's some inner beauty about them. They see themselves as I suspect most people do, mostly for the flaws. However, these are still |
| Cincinnati EnquirerMargaret A. McGurkA startling film, beautifully crafted by a filmmaker with a hunger to tell the truth. |
| Seattle TimesMoira MacDonaldIt's a smart-talking, slice-of-life comedy/drama that could just as easily be titled Our Bodies/Ourselves. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertHere is a movie that knows its women, listens to them, doesn't give them a pass, allows them to be real: It's a rebuke to the shallow "Ya-Ya Sisterhood." |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris Hewitt (St. Paul)A film that is painfully, amusingly honest. |
| Big Picture Big SoundJoe LozitoActresses beware. Catherine Keener is quietly cornering the market on self-assured, sharp-tongued feminism. |
| MovieFreak.comSara Michelle FettersMichelle isn't an easy woman to relate to let alone like, yet as the film progresses I was drawn more and more towards her inner warmth and charm discovering pieces of myself in her own persona. |
| CinerinaKarina MontgomeryAll of us wish we could feel we are lovely & amazing, if only to one person. It's about this wish, and about how we prevent it as well. |